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Flush Bracket 472: Stoke Wharf, Hanbury Road Bridge   

Flush Bracket on N.E. end of Hanbury Road Bridge, Stoke Wharf [2GL]; also described as "on stone work at end of Hanbury Road Bridge, Stoke Wharf, S side of canal" - i.e. E face at S end of bridge, E side of road.

Location
Grid reference: SO 9513 6702.
Landranger 150: Worcester & The Malverns, Evesham & Tewkesbury.
Structure: Bridge.
Waypoint: FB472.

Neighbouring Flush Brackets
473 Stoke Prior, Railway Bridge 626.82m to the southwest.
471 Whitford Bridge, Canal Cottages 830.06m to the east.
470 Stoke Pound, Thompson's Bridge 1.20km to the northeast.
469 Stoke Pound, Lock-Keeper's Cottage 1.70km to the northeast.
474 Astwood Bridge 1.72km to the southwest.
The nearest fundamental bench mark is Bromsgrove, 4.31km to the northeast.

Second Geodetic Levelling, England & Wales (1912-21)
This flush bracket was used during the Second geodetic levelling, England & Wales, and was levelled with a height of 203.6120 feet [62.0609 metres] above mean sea level (Newlyn datum). It was included on the Bromsgrove to Suckley levelling line. The surveyor's description was Flush Bracket on N.E. end of Hanbury Road Bridge, Stoke Wharf.

Logged Visits
Logged on 30th September 2006 by iainmac. Condition: Probably destroyed.
Probably lost when footbridge built.
Depending on when the footbridge was built this fb may be lurking in greenery at S end of bridge.

Logged on 19th July 2005 by RHW. Condition: Probably destroyed.
Seems odd description. No trace on end of parapet; footbridge has been built onto E side of bridge with no FB on the small part of buttress still exposed.
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